Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/polxъ

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This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Likely originally meaning “hasty, uneasy, anxious” from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₁- (to sway) or Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-, *pelHk- (to get approached) + *-xъ. Comparable with Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌹𐌻𐌼𐌰 (usfilma, scared), Proto-Germanic *felhaną (to conceal, to hide).

Adjective[edit]

*pȏlxъ[1][2]

  1. frightful, fearful, afraid
  2. timid, shy (for behavior)
Inflection[edit]

Accent paradigm a.

Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “плохо́й”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress
  • Duridanov, I. V., Racheva, M., Todorov, T. A., editors (1996), “плах”, in Български етимологичен речник [Bulgarian Etymological Dictionary] (in Bulgarian), volumes 5 (падѐж – пỳска), Sofia: Prof. Marin Drinov Pubg. House, →ISBN, page 322

References[edit]

  1. ^ Olander, Thomas (2001) “polxъ polxa polxo”, in Common Slavic Accentological Word List[1], Copenhagen: Editiones Olander:a (SA 107)
  2. ^ Snoj, Marko (2016) “plah”, in Slovenski etimološki slovar [Slovenian Etymology Dictionary] (in Slovene), 3rd edition, https://fran.si:Pslovan. *pȏlxъ

Etymology 2[edit]

Substantivation of Etymology 1.

Noun[edit]

*polxъ m

  1. fright, fear
    Synonym: *straxъ
Inflection[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “полох”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress